Taming the Tiger: GE Manages China Supply Chain Sustainability Issues with...
While suppliers and customers can collaboratively strengthen each other’s performance, and successful supply chain greening efforts will create value through environmental know-how and adoption of...
View ArticleCollaborative Competition + Sustainability = The 21st Century Supply Chain...
Last week, I was honored to be the dinner keynote speaker at the European Petrochemical Associations 2nd Interactive Supply/Demand Chain Workshop in Brussels, Belgium. What a beautiful place, where...
View ArticleConflict Minerals: ‘Perfect Storm’ of CSR, Sustainability, Politics & Supply...
Last week, it was widely reported that both Intel Corporations and Apple Computers had pulled the plug on sourcing of precious minerals typically used in the manufacturing of its high-tech products...
View ArticleSelecting Best Conflict-Free Minerals Supply Chain Sourcing Strategies (Part 3)
Part 1 of this series highlighted the issues, regulatory and supply chain complexities and efforts by industry to tighten the control of precious minerals sourcing. Part 2 of the series dove a bit...
View ArticleA Systems Perspective on Sustainable Supply Chains
As we approach the mid-point in 2011, the tea leaves of the economic recovery have ‘sustainability’ in supply chain planning and management firming up as a key “rebuilding” block in company activities....
View ArticleA Sustainable Supply Chain: Show me the Money – NOW!
A recent study was brought to my attention by Spend Matters Jason Busch (@spendmatters). The report reminded me of the scene in the movie Jerry McGuire, where the sports agent coaches his client, and...
View ArticleSustainability Metrics: How to improve your supply chain performance
“On your mark, get set”…BANG. As a competitive swimmer in my youth, I learned the rhythm of a good start off the blocks, kept my head down and paced myself through to the finish line. I never won the...
View ArticleNature understands sustainable packaging best
The pea pod is possibly the greatest sustainable packaging design nature can provide. It packs a lot in a small space, efficiently uses the minimum amount of resources…and best of all its...
View ArticleScalable Consumption + Supply Chain + Circular Economy = Hope for Sustainable...
Consumers have unprecedented opportunity to be active shapers of the products and services they buy and use, rather than passive receivers, taking whatever companies provide. Apples most recent litmus...
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